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S P E C I A L S U P P L E M E N T T O T H E C A R M E L P I N E C O N E • A U G U S T 9 , 2 0 1 9
Concours
WEEK
Pebble Beach - Carmel - Carmel Valley - Big Sur - Pacific Grove - Monterey - Seaside - Marina
Y O U R G U I D E T O T H E W O R L D ’ S F I N E S T W E E K O F A U T O M O T I V E E V E N T S
PHOTO/KERRY BELSER
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Please visit our Ocean Avenue Gallery Open House
Tuesday, August 13th, 10am-5pm
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2019 Car Week Calendar of Events
TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY
8/13 8/14 8/15 8/16 8/17 8/18
12th Annual Pebble Beach Auctions Mecum Auctions Werks Reunion - A Porsche Mecum Auctions Pebble Beach
Carmel-by-the-Sea presented by Gooding & Co. 8am Automotive Gathering 8am Concours d’Elegance
Concours on the Avenue (Viewing Day) Rolex Monterey 7am-3pm Concours d’Lemons Dawn Patrol presented
10am-5pm 10am-6pm Motorsports Reunion Mecum Auctions 8am-1:30pm by Hagerty
Automobilia Carmel Mission Classic 8am-5pm 8am 6am
Rolex Monterey
Monterey 10am-4pm Pebble Beach Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Rolex Monterey
10am-6pm Automobilia Monterey Tour d’Elegance Motorsports Reunion 8:30am-6pm Motorsports Reunion
10am-5pm presented by Rolex 8am-6pm 9am-5pm
Carmel Realty Pebble Beach Auctions
Ocean Avenue Gallery Prancing Ponies Car Show 9am Pebble Beach Classic Car presented by Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach
Open House 11am-3pm Pebble Beach Auctions Forums (Multiple) 9am (11am Auction) Concours d’Elegance
10am-5pm presented by Gooding & Co. TBD 10:30am-5pm
The Little Car Show Concourso Italiano
Noon-5pm (Viewing Day) Pebble Beach Auctions 9:30am-5pm
Classic Motorsports 9am-6pm
Monterey Kickoff Pebble Beach presented by Gooding & Co. Pebble Beach Retro Auto
Cruise-in Motoring Classic arrival Pebble Beach RetroAuto 9am (5pm Auction) 9:30am-5:30pm
3-7pm estimated at 3pm 9:30am-5:30pm Legends of the Autobahn Pebble Beach Classic Car
McCall’s Pebble Beach Classic Car 9am-3pm Forums (Multiple)
Motorworks Revival Forums (Multiple) Pebble Beach RetroAuto TBD
5-10pm TBD 9:30am-5:30pm Exotics on Cannery Row
The Pacific Grove The Quail, A Motorsports 3-8pm
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Concours WEEK
Overwhelmed by classic car options? Pick and choose from our list
By MARY SCHLEY show and a new concours at an exclusive country QPasadera Concours
club Aug. 9, and ends with the world-famous Peb- The Club at Pasadera, Monterey
T
HERE MAY be no better place for auto- ble Beach Concours d’Elegance more than a week Friday, Aug. 9, 4 to 7 p.m.
mobile enthusiasts, collectors, race fans later. In between are celebrations of all aspects of
and gearheads than the Monterey Penin- vehicular genius: eclectic sales of old cars, new cars, The exclusive Pasadera golf and country club is
sula in August. Since 1950, automobile racing and rare cars, motorcycles, memorabilia, and every- getting into the car show game this year with its
showing have been part of the Peninsula’s impres- thing else; rallies and tours; seminars and discus- See CALENDAR page 22Cd’E
sive cultural landscape, starting with a single-day sions; a decadent day of wining and dining among
road race through the forest of Pebble Beach, and a notable racing and collector cars; an homage to all
just-among-friends accompanying show of the lat- things Italian; and even a display of automotive
est and greatest cars at the nearby Lodge. unmentionables. Pick and choose to plan the ideal
This year, as Pebble Beach celebrates its centen- lineup of car events for any level of enthusiasm and
nial, Car Week — as many locals call it — contin- budget.
ues to grow in scope and stature. Not long after its
inception, the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance QMonterey Classic Car Week
switched to a judged contest of collector cars and Kick-Off Car Show
has since spawned similar events all over the world
Alvarado Street, Monterey
— though none match its beauty and importance.
Friday, Aug. 9, 5 to 7 p.m.
In the late 1950s, Laguna Seca was built to accom-
modate the racing that had begun on the roads of A group of 30-plus race cars will have to keep it
Pebble Beach. And since those early years, so many slow during their cruise from what’s now official-
associated events have blossomed that Car Week ly known as WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca to
now spans more than 10 days and stretches from Alvarado Street in the heart of Monterey to mark
Seaside to Carmel Valley to Big Sur. the start of Concours Week during the 10th annu-
As the offerings have grown, so has The Pine al Monterey Classic Car Week Kick-Off Car Show.
Cone’s coverage, resulting in must-read special sec- The cars, which are competing in the Monterey
tions two weeks in a row that anyone who cares Pre-Reunion Aug. 10-11 and the Rolex Monterey
about fine automobiles should rush to pick up. A Motorsports Reunion Aug. 16-18, are “historically
highlight of those editions is our comprehensive significant and represent a moment in time when
calendar of Car Week’s amazing and numerous they raced professionally.” They’ll arrive in Mon-
events. terey with a California Highway Patrol escort, and
Take your time to examine this detailed look at visitors will be allowed to walk among the cars, PHOTO/KERRY BELSER
everything the Monterey Peninsula has to offer as it take pictures beside them, and ask questions of
Even under our usual gray morning skies, the Monterey Peninsula’s
transforms into a car-lover’s paradise. their owners. Raffle prizes and music will be part scenery provides the perfect backdrop for the Concours Week beau-
The fun begins with a downtown Monterey car of the mix, too. ties, such as this 1955 Osca MT4 1500 Morelli.
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Concours WEEK
If life gave you lemons, now’s the time to show them with pride
By DENNIS TAYLOR with affection for “automobiles” that year I decide I want to get kicked out sprouted the monstrosity “celebrating
bring down property values in the of here, I’m going to sneak a Pinto the oddball, mundane and truly awful
A
BUMPER crop of clunk- dodgiest neighborhoods. onto the green at Pebble Beach.’” of the automotive world” that now
ers, junkers and jalopies is Alan Galbraith, 53, dreamed up has spread like an infernal rash to in-
rattling ominously toward Concours d’Lemons in 2009 mostly An oil stain clude events in Amelia Island, Fla.;
the Monterey Peninsula, spewing ex- out of spite, as a goose in the pan- The first Concours d’Lemons at- Millville, N.J.; Detroit; Concord, Ca-
haust, dragging mufflers, and drip- taloons to what some see as the in- tracted 40 cars — 30 more than Gal- lif.; and Australia, with a sister show
ping oil en route to the 2019 Con- sufferably pompous Concours d’Ele- braith was expecting — and got rave (not bearing the d’Lemons brand
cours d’Lemons, a beauty pageant for gance, the célébration de l’excès that reviews from the press and nostalgic name) in England.
appearance-impaired cars scheduled invades the Monterey Peninsula each people who were conceived in the Participants range from hardcore
Aug. 17, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., on the oth- year as the centerpiece of Monterey back seats of AMC Matadors. collectors of patently unattractive
erwise well kept lawn of Seaside City Car Week. “So, it began as the joke I always and unusual cars, to those who spend
Hall. “I’ve actually been coming to Peb- wanted to pull at Pebble Beach — a all year shopping on eBay and Craigs
The event — equal parts horrif- ble Beach (for the Concours d’Ele- show for crappy cars, basically an oil list for just the right piece of junk.
ic and humorous — is appropriately gance) since the 1980s,” Galbraith stain on Monterey Car Week,” Gal- Galbraith said some people have been
free of charge, and therefore worth said. “And being the snarky [exple- braith said.
twice the admission price to anyone tive] I am, I always told myself, ‘The From that humble beginning See LEMONS page 34Cd’E
PHOTOS/MARY SCHLEY
Randy Carlson displays inimitable style alongside his rust-bucket 1960 Beetle, while Nona Childress of Salinas goes all out in her efforts to bribe the judges to favor her exquisite 1993 Buick Century. And who says a
Volvo can’t be used to keep the peace? Many such disreputable classics will be on display for free — if you can believe that — at the Concours d’Lemons at Seaside City Hall on Saturday, Aug. 17.
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Concours WEEK
Hitting the road in a French postwar putt-putt and a souped-up VW bus
QA retro journey to the specimens here from the far reaches who founded the car show with his Parker, the car expert and author who
Concours on the Avenue of the United States. wife, Genie, a dozen years ago. “Con- also writes every single information
Minnesota residents Tom Warth cours on the Avenue is something card displayed on Concours on the
By MARY SCHLEY and Tim Parker are pairing up to cross that people want to team up with, Avenue cars, first drove a show car to
the country in a tiny and definite- and they’re not trying to present their the event together in 2012.
A
MONG THE dozens of ly-not-fast 1965 Citroen 2CV, also egos, they’re just trying to present They made the trip in an original
beautiful, interesting, valu- called a Deux Chevaux (which means their piece of the world, and it’s fan- AC Cobra 289 sportscar, which was
able and pampered cars “two horses”), while Scooter Gabel tastic that they choose our event to do fitting because the late Carroll Shelby
parked on Ocean Avenue and side and his yellow Lab, Bob, are traveling that.” was being honored that year for the
streets during the annual Concours from Florida to Carmel in a 1960 VW 50th anniversary of the car. This time
on the Avenue Aug. 13 will be a few bus he rebuilt with Porsche Speedster From fast to slowest around, they are making the 2,200-
that are exceptional not because they parts and subsequently named Buster. Warth, who owned a publishing mile, three-day trip in a vehicle of a
sold for millions of dollars at auction “I just can’t get over that they want company he later sold to the San different stripe. The Citroen 2CV
or were raced by famous people, but to do this,” and to be in the Concours Francisco Chronicle and started a debuted in 1948 and was intended to
because their owners drove their rare on the Avenue, said Doug Freedman, nonprofit called Books for Africa, and get farmers off their horses and into
motor vehicles. The
first model’s engine
was a mere 375 cc and
maxed out at 40 mph,
with 9 horsepower.
The model Warth and
Parker are driving has
a larger engine and can
run at higher speeds
— though not much
higher.
“I decided to do
this, because I owned
an AC Cobra, which I
drove out when Car-
roll Shelby had his
anniversary, and now
PHOTOS/TOM WARTH, SCOOTER GABEL I have the slowest car
Tom Warth and Tim Parker are planning on driving this mid-1960s Citroen 2CV to
Concours on the Avenue from Minnesota, while Scooter Gabel and his yellow Lab, See ROAD TRIP
Bob, are making the trip from Florida in this 1960 VW bus rebuilt with Porsche parts. page 36Cd’E
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Concours WEEK
After 16 years of pleasing collectors, Automobilia expands to three days
By MARY SCHLEY so much going on Tuesday and Wednesday, and I into the later part of the week, because all you’re
felt as though there was a whole segment of people doing is taking a pie and getting a smaller slice,” as
W
ITH THE continued success of his sale who were, in effect, missing out,” he said. Princi- the number of events held each day increases as the
featuring all original and genuine au- pally, the drivers, owners and fans who arrive on week progresses.
tomotive memorabilia, Carmel Valley the Monterey Peninsula in time for the Pre-Re-
resident Tony Singer decided to extend his 17th union races at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca ‘Why can’t I?’
Annual Automobilia Monterey from two days to and other events that weekend, including the car Singer said some of the vendors felt three days
three. show on Alvarado Street and the new Pasadera was too much of a commitment, but that he re-
Featuring dozens of vendors from all over the Concours, both on Aug. 9 this year, didn’t have tained those who “are able to provide for the at-
world set up in the ballroom at the Embassy Suites much to do on Monday. tendees things they don’t see anywhere else, which
in Seaside, the event is a bonanza for collectors “And the people, other than the locals, who are is why it’s been so successful over 17 years.”
while also raising money for the Monterey Rape here to attend Concours on the Avenue on Tuesday Singer, who has been attending the historic rac-
Crisis Center, its longtime beneficiary. have to get here on Monday, and they had nothing es and the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance since
“The main motivation was that frankly, there’s to do,” he added. “And I didn’t want to expand the 1980s and is from New York, got the idea for
the show from two sellers from En-
gland who would always set up a
booth at the races.
“I would be the first person at
their stand on Thursday morning
when they were setting up, because
I wanted to see what they had,” he
said. Singer was always impressed
by the pins, photos, grille badges
and other collectibles.
“One day, I started to think
about moving to California and
said something to them,” he re-
called. “And off the cuff, one of
them said to me, ‘Why don’t you
start a show?’ I thought about it
afterward and thought, ‘I don’t
know, why can’t I?’”
So began his search for the right
Tony Singer, pictured here at the 2005 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, attended and
participated in the show for years before starting his Automobilia Monterey sale at Embassy venue — somewhere that would be
Suites in Seaside. This year, Automobilia Monterey expands to three days, Monday through
Wednesday. See AUTOMOBILIA page 40Cd’E
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Sure, it’s a golf course, but this time it’s a different kind of birdie
By ELAINE HESSER tion. He was working hard to provide for a family caboodle. This was during a time when, in a good
of five, and there wasn’t a lot of money to be had week, Govro made $4 working at his dad’s shop. A
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HEN HE was just 15 years old in Aus- for a car, unless Govro earned it himself. high school friend, Doug Phillips, offered to buy it
tin, Texas, Jim Govro loved cars, and for him, however, and after he had paid back $15
he had a family that felt the same way. A $4 body of the price, Phillips called it even. At that point,
“Working on cars was in the Govro family blood Still, he was able to purchase a body and frame Govro had two stripped-out cars parked in a va-
line. Daddy had always done his own repair work, from a 1929 roadster for $4, and the quest to build cant lot next to the Texaco station.
my older brother, Don, always had fast cars, and of a fast car — like Don’s — was set into motion. It Decades later, he remembers not only Phillips’
course I wanted to do whatever my big brother was stalled temporarily as Govro searched for a 1932 generosity, but most of the details of every signif-
doing.” That’s from a detailed, first-person written frame for the ’29 body, to get just the look he want- icant part acquisition he made for his prized pos-
account of building his car, Tweety Bird, which will ed — the one he’d imagined as he spent his high session. He decided to stick with the ’32 body and
be part of the Historic Hot Rod “Cover Cars” class school days doodling images of it in his notebooks. frame, and for the next several years, he bought
Aug. 18 at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. When a high school classmate found a ’32 frame and scrounged for parts — and his friends were al-
As it happened, in 1950, Govro’s dad was a me- for Govro, it was already attached to a ’32 body. ways on the lookout, too.
chanic with two rented bays at a local Texaco sta- And the owner wanted $20 for the whole kit and “It happened at a snail’s pace,” he remembered
wryly. The first time he
ever rode in it, it was
with Phillips towing him
around the block, just so
Govro could pretend to
drive.
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When he needed to do
a valve job, he towed the
roadster to the high school
to use the valve-grinding
machine there. And when
someone casually asked
whether Govro had the
title to the car, the trans-
mission shop owner (who
sold the ’32 frame and
PHOTO/COURTESY JIM GOVRO
body to Phillips) spent
Texan Jim Govro grew up around automobiles, including the ones his older brother, Don, liked to race. When Govro was 15, he set out to build his own roadster and the result was
Tweety Bird. (Left) The ’32 Ford during its most recent restoration and (right) at a National Hot Rod Association’s event in Oklahoma City in 1958. See BIRDIE page 38Cd’E
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Years of meticulous labor — all for the sake of a Studebaker
By LISA CRAWFORD WATSON Belling, who resides in Columbia, Conn., bought Corvette, you weren’t cool,” he said. “But the ’53
the car in 2007 in his native upstate New York from Coupe was one of the prettiest cars ever made.
I
T’S NOT about what the car is worth or how a friend who’d purchased the Studebaker plus two Whether or not I was cool, the car was.”
much it cost to restore it. It’s about the car parts-cars, but didn’t have the time or talent to do a Nearly 54 years later, Belling still has his first
itself. When Bob Belling bought his 1934 restoration. As soon as the car was loaded onto his car. Since then, he has collected 11 more Studebak-
Studebaker — called the “Year Ahead” President trailer, it fell apart. ers, and he’s restored them all. In fact, for nearly a
Land Cruiser — he didn’t do so with the intention Still, Belling saw its promise and potential. dozen years, he made a living restoring Studebak-
of showing it at the Pebble Beach Concours d’El- ers. Perhaps this gave him the expertise and the en-
egance. He looked at the dilapidated vehicle, saw Not cool durance to salvage his ’34 President Land Cruiser.
the elegance it had once exuded, and believed it This wasn’t the first time he was seduced by a Surely other people would have given up.
could do so again. Studebaker. His father drove Studebakers, as did “I wanted to restore the car to the way it was
The “Year Ahead” moniker referred to mid-year his grandfather, who had worked for Pierce-Arrow when it was new, to do it correctly,” Belling said.
styling changes, Belling said. In 1934, a new body, while Studebaker owned the firm. At 15, not before “It no longer had fender skirts, but I found a Volvo
the Land Cruiser, was released and offered on the he could drive but before he had a license, Belling roof panel that had the same curve, so I fashioned
largest model, The President, one of only 201 ever bought his first Studebaker, a 1953 Commander new fender skirts from that. And a friend has the
made, as well as the Dictator — later called the Coupe.
Diplomat — and the Commander. “Back then, if you didn’t drive a Mustang or a See STUDEBAKER page 40Cd’E
PHOTO/COURTESY BOB BELLING
This beautiful 1934 Studebaker President Land Cruiser was restored by Bob Belling, of Columbia, Conn.
The fender skirts are made from an old Volvo roof panel, and the decorative badges were cast in river silt
and Elmer’s glue from a 1935 Studebaker that was used in “The Color Purple.” The pale yellow exterior
paint is called “Tulip Cream,” and Belling used six coats to get the car looking showroom-new.
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From page 6Cd’E
Champagne. Tickets are $75 for adults and $35 for
people 20 and younger, and a portion of the pro-
small group of auto-enthusiast painters and sculp-
tors who portray various aspects of the automobile
ceeds benefits The Bridge Restoration Ministry, a in their fine art — will show its works in downtown
nonprofit, church-run residential rehab program in Carmel at the New Masters Gallery on Dolores
inaugural kickoff to Concours Week, the Pasadera Pacific Grove. Tickets are available through www. Street. And the installation will run for an entire
Concours. Set to include 50 special vehicles shown eventbrite.com. week, not just one day.
by club members and their guests, the event is open Formed in 1983 by a half-dozen artists, the so-
in limited numbers to the public. QAutomotive Fine Arts Society exhibit ciety has grown to include more than two dozen
The show will have an esteemed panel of judges, New Masters Gallery, Carmel-by-the-Sea talented painters and sculptors. The AFAS exhibits
including local luminary Gordon McCall, Weath- Saturday, Aug. 10 through Sunday, Aug. 18, 10 their works, promotes and publicizes the artwork,
erTech Raceway Laguna Seca CEO Tim McGrane raises the standards of automotive art to a level
a.m. to 5:30 p.m. daily (reception for artists at 4
and Ferrari expert Steve Fregman selecting win- of acceptance as serious fine art from the point of
p.m. Aug. 17)
ners in four categories: vintage/pre-1940, domestic view of collectors and critics, and provides “a prac-
and international built before 1990, and modified. After more than 30 years presenting an exhibit tical means to form enduring friendships, exchange
Guests will get to examine every vehicle in a beau- on the 18th Fairway at the Pebble Beach Concours ideas and build fellowship among automotive fine
tiful setting while filling up on hors d’oeuvres and d’Elegance, the Automotive Fine Arts Society — a artists and enthusiasts.” More than a dozen AFAS
artists will display works at the New Masters show.
“For many years, AFAS member pieces were pri-
marily available only for a few hours on the Peb-
ble Beach Concours green during Collector Car
week,” said Ken Eberts, AFAS president and found-
ing member. “With so many events now occurring
across the Monterey Peninsula, it is difficult for pa-
trons, fans and collectors to enjoy the show. Mov-
ing our show into Carmel and expanding the days
it can be seen allows us to better feed the growing
demand for automotive fine art. The ‘Old Masters
at the New Masters’ show will make great art even
more accessible to our global audience.” For more
information, visit www.autoartgallery.com.
QPre-Reunion vintage races
Laguna Seca Raceway, Monterey
Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 10-11,
gates open at 7 a.m. each day
PHOTO/KERRY BELSER A low-key way to get in on the vintage-car action
At last year’s Quail Motorsports Gathering, it was hard to know whether to look at the amazing cars, the splendid setting or the beautiful people.
But we think this 1949 Bristol 402 takes the cake, don’t you? See ROSTER page 24Cd’E
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Monterey - Pacific Grove Kick-Off Worldwide Auctioneers
Car Show and Cruise Thursday August 15
Tuesday August 13 5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
3:00 - 7:00 p.m., Lighthouse Avenue Pacific Grove Golf Links, 77 Asilomar Avenue
10th Annual Little Car Show 25th Annual Pacific Grove Concours Auto Rally
Wednesay August 14 Friday August 16
12:00 - 5:00 p.m., Lighthouse Avenue 12:00 - 6:00 p.m., Lighthouse Avenue
West Coast Crosley Car Club Meetup
Saturday October 26
11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m., Jewell Park
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to 6 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Wednesday
a shopping spree.
Automobilia Monterey is purportedly the largest
sale of genuine car-related collectibles in the coun-
“Automobilia Monterey has always been about
try. Singer holds fast to his “no reproductions will
focused content for the serious vintage automotive
on the Monterey Peninsula, the Pre-Reunion week- be sold” rule, and sellers from the United States and
memorabilia collector, who demands originality
end at WeatherTech Raceway Laguna Seca features abroad offer original posters, photos, signs, rallye
and authenticity,” says founder Tony Singer, who
hundreds of racecars competing prior to the big plates, badges and pins, models, literature and
presents the only sale of all-authentic automotive
Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion. books, scarves and more in the hotel ballroom.
merchandise and memorabilia that’s not affiliated
The paddock, which is open to all to wander “It is the mission of this event to enable each
with a car show during Concours Week. And his
through, is busy with the preparation of historic enthusiast to buy the best from the best,” he says.
sale has done so well, he decided to expand it to
cars, some of which are fully restored, while others “Having on-premises professional pack-and-ship
three days this year. Admissions and proceeds from
bear the patina they’ve accumulated since their ear-
a silent auction benefit the Monterey Rape Crisis
ly glory days. Racers prepping for their main event
Center, offering even more incentive to stop in for See MARQUES next page
the following weekend use this opportunity to test
their machines and their skills, and while crowds
pack the track during the Reunion, Pre-Reunion
days offer up-close and personal looks at the cars,
as well as chats with the owners and drivers.
Race groups featured this year are 1955-
1961 Sports Racing under/over 2,000 cc; 1963-
1966 GT over 2,500 cc; 1961-1966 GT under
2,500 cc and 1955-1964 GT; 1967-1981 Formula
Ford; IMSA Prototypes — GTP, WSC, LMP, DP;
1973-1981 FIA IMSA GT GTX AAGT; 1981-1991
GTO/GTU; Masters Endurance Legends; 2-Li-
ter Sports Racers through 1984; and 1966-1985
Masters Formula One. Each group practices in
the morning and races in the afternoon both days,
starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5:40 p.m.
Tickets are $40 per day or $70 for both days,
and kids 15 and under are free, as is parking. For
more information, visit www.WeatherTechRace-
way.com or call (831) 242-8200.
Q17th Annual Automobilia Monterey,
The International Expo PHOTO/KERRY BELSEER
Embassy Suites, Seaside At the Carmel Mission Classic, beautiful collector cars aren’t just shown, they’re blessed. Here, Bishop Sylvester Ryan does the honors. The event
Monday through Wednesday, Aug. 12-14, 10 a.m. is organized by the Knights of Columbus and is a fundraiser for the group and for the Mission. This year’s show takes place Aug. 14.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2019 • 4-7 PM
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Schedule your makeup application with a Chanel Artist
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August 21 23rdth The Barnyard in Carmel brings this popular event back during Car Week.
The Ferrari Owners Club will be on hand to showcase their vintage and new
model Ferraris. Join us for small bites and wine tasting from local wineries,
Enjoy a complimentary gift with your purchase entertainment by the Chicano All Stars, prize drawings and fundraising
activities. This event benefits the Arts Council for Monterey County.
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From previous page
QClassic Motorsports Magazine
Monterey Kickoff Cruise-In
them — along a few blocks at Dolores and Sixth.
Organizer Chanterria McGilvra encourages partic-
ipants to dress to match their car’s color or time
525 Lighthouse Ave., Pacific Grove
period, and said judges will give awards for the best
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 3 to 7 p.m. owner/car presentation in each category, as well as
facilities contributes to the genuine ease of doing
business for all involved.” Admission is $20 for a Classic Motorsports Magazine hosts an informal Best in Show. The event raises money for McGil-
single day, with free re-entry any day. Visit www. gathering of cars and enthusiasts to mark the start vra’s nonprofit, the Prancing Ponies Foundation,
AutomobiliaMonterey.com, call (831) 659-5335 or of Car Week, and for the third year, the Monterey which has a mission to “create women leaders one
email tony@automobiliamonterey.com. Embassy Kickoff Cruise-In will be held in downtown Pacific girl at a time” by sending teenagers to the organiza-
Suites is located on Canyon del Rey in Seaside. Grove. People are invited to bring their cars and tion’s Leadership Academy.
participate in the show, which will take place on McGilvra said the idea for the group came to
QCarmel-by-the-Sea Lighthouse between Fountain Avenue and Park her after she noticed three girls staring at her and
Street, and they’ll be admitted on a first-come-first- her Ferrari in San Francisco. “One of the girls said,
Concours on the Avenue ‘Miss, I like your car,’ and without knowing where
served basis. “If it’s cool, it’s welcome,” organizers
Ocean Avenue and side streets, Carmel this came from, I said, ‘I expect you to get one too.’
say. “We’re looking for classic sports and luxury
Tuesday, Aug. 13, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our eyes locked, and I’ll never forget her little face
cars, muscle cars, newer exotics, classic 4x4s, and
“With the spectacular background of the histor- similar vehicles. We reserve the right to point any as she slowly nodded in agreement,” she recounts.
ic village, the Carmel-by-the-Sea Concours on the vehicle toward general parking and may have to “I knew in that moment there was a real connec-
Avenue delivers ‘sophistication with a dash of fun’ decline even the coolest cars as Lighthouse Avenue tion made with her and that I could use my Ferrari
to both the hardcore motoring enthusiast as well as reaches its capacity.” to inspire young girls.” McGilvra hopes the show
the rest of the family,” say founders and organizers, It’s not a traditional concours, but cars will be el- will help motivate young women to pursue careers
consummate car couple Doug and Genie Freedman. igible for prizes. Overflow parking will be available in the automotive and motorsports industries, and
“Guided by the principle ‘authenticity and original- on side streets. this year’s event will honor women in the automo-
ity matter,’” the show draws the finest of a wide Live bands are scheduled to perform throughout tive industry. Attendance is free. Visit prancingpo-
range of vintage and historic sports, GT, racing, the afternoon and early evening, and admission is nies.org for more information.
luxury and family vehicles built between 1940 and free, thanks to support from Hagerty Classic Cars, See EVENTS page 29Cd’E
1973 (Porsches and Ferraris through 1989). Some Michelin, Reliable Carriers Inc., and several other
200 eye-catching showpieces, from lighthearted to sponsors. Pre-registration is free but required. For
serious — and from all over the world — line 18 more information, visit classicmotorsportsmonte-
blocks of Ocean Avenue and side streets in a judged rey.com.
concours, with awards bestowed on a stage at Lin-
coln Street in the afternoon. QPrancing Ponies Car Show
And while most Car Week event tickets cost sev- Dolores and Sixth, Carmel-by-the-Sea Support Pine Cone advertisers — shop locally
eral hundred dollars, the downtown Carmel show Wednesday, Aug. 14, 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
is free and open to all. The Carmel Foundation, a
nonprofit senior organization, is the show’s benefi- Now in its third year, the first female-only show
ciary and has received hundreds of thousands of dol- held during Concours Week will showcase the fin-
lars since Concours on the Avenue debuted in 2007. est classic, muscle, super and hyper cars — and the
Check out www.carmelconcours.com for more. women who own, co-own or even rent, and drive26Cd’E Concours Week • The Carmel Pine Cone August 9, 2019
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WEEK Bentley: Winning
hearts and races
for 100 years
By LISA CRAWFORD WATSON
J
ULY 10 marked the centennial of Bentley
Motors Ltd., and the 69th Pebble Beach
Concours d’Elegance plans to celebrate the
marque with one of the largest collections of the
finest Bentleys ever built.
Bentley Motors Ltd. was the passion and pursuit
of Walter Bentley, the youngest of nine children
born to an upper-class English family in 1888. He
SECTION 2 went to private school at Clifton College (which
offered college prep and high school classes) in the
southwest of England. At 16, he left school to be-
come an apprentice engineer with the Great North-
ern Railway.
But the automobile fascinated him from almost
the moment it was invented, and in 1912 he estab-
lished a company with his brother, Horace, selling
French cars which they modified and improved.
During World War I, he became an officer in the
Royal Naval Air Service, working on airplane en-
gines. After the war, Bentley used his expertise to
design a high-quality sporting tour car.
His goal was to “build a good car, a fast car, the
best in class.”
It raced poorly
The brothers’ auto manufacturing company was
established in 1919. Bentley road-tested his first
car, a high-tech four-cylinder, 3-liter engine with a
sturdy chassis, in January 1920. The first produc-
tion car was released in the fall of 1921 to great
success.
As the story goes, when Bentley heard about the
beginnings of a 24-hour automobile race through
Le Mans in northwest France in 1923, he thought
it was ridiculous to expect an automobile to race
for that long. They just weren’t designed to do that.
PHOTOS/RON KIMBALL/PEBBLE BEACH CONCOURS D’ELEGANCE Nevertheless, he went out to the course to see
Bentleys abound on the show field at this year’s Concours d’Elegance. In celebration of the company’s 100th anniversary, the cars will be
one of his namesake autos race — poorly. He de-
among the featured marques. (Top) “Old No. 1,” a 1929 Speed Six, was a winner at the 1929 race in Le Mans, and in 1930, it finished just
ahead of Old No. 2 (above) there. Old No. 3 will be in attendance with its two “siblings,” all of which were produced from the same design. See BENTLEYS page 32Cd’E
EVENTS
From page 25Cd’E
The show begins at 10 a.m. with
the opening ceremony and the sing-
of Marina,” will present its annu-
al display and rally of “vehicles that
space-saving work vehicles; and even
highly competitive sports cars.” This
ing of the national anthem, with food were manufactured as fuel-sipping
and wine available starting at 11. At commuter transportation; utilitarian, See SHOWS next page
1 p.m., Diocese of Monterey Bishop
QCarmel Mission Classic Sylvester Ryan and Father Paul Mur-
Carmel Mission courtyard phy, pastor of the Carmel Mission,
Wednesday, Aug. 14, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. will bless the cars, and at 3, trophies
“Carmel Mission feeds the spirit, and awards will be given to the win-
fine cars feed the passion, fine wine ners of the afternoon’s informal judg-
and gourmet food feed the body,” says ing. Tickets are $60 at the gate, with
Frank DiPaola, founder of the Carmel proceeds benefiting the Mission and
Mission Classic car show and blessing the Knights of Columbus. Visit car-
of the automobiles held in the court- melmissionclassic.org.
yard of the historic Carmel Mission.
“Join us in celebrating all three.” QThe Little Car Show
In addition to notable classic cars Lighthouse Avenue, Pacific Grove
— including an exquisite 1936 Mer- Wednesday, Aug. 14, noon to 5 p.m.,
cedes-Benz 500K Special Roadster followed
and a rare 1930 Stutz Monte Carlo by a tour/parade along Ocean View
— the seventh annual event promises
Boulevard
winetasting provided by 10 of Mon-
terey County’s finest vineyards, a no- Marina Motorsports, the nonprofit
host gourmet food bar, and “beautiful formed in 1995 by five auto enthu-
live harp music in the background as siasts “to provide family-oriented
you stroll the grounds of the crown automotive-related activities while PHOTO/KERRY BELSER
jewel of the Monterey Peninsula, the benefiting local service clubs, other During the Concours on the Avenue, Carmel’s main thoroughfare transforms into a panorama of classic and
historic Carmel Mission.” non-profit organizations and the City eccentric automobiles juxtaposed with charming cottages.You can also read
